Delta Chat, a chat program that uses e-mail as the transport protocol and supports end to end encryption, is now available in the beta channel of Google Play. If you are already using an older version, you will have to backup your data, uninstall it, install the new version and import the data. This worked … Continue reading Delta Chat is now available in Google Play
Category: Android
DeltaChat Messenger
DeltaChat is a messenger that uses email as the transport medium, so potentially almost everybody already has an account for it. Today, they announced a new release, not only for the existing Android app but also for Desktop (Mac and Linux only so far) and iOS. I think that is a very interesting project since … Continue reading DeltaChat Messenger
USB tethering a OnePlus One phone to Windows XP
For whatever reason my old Windows XP netbook doesn't connect to our holiday flat's WIFI while my OnePlus One Android phone does. So I thought I'd simply tether it to the Netbook via USB to get around this problem. I tried that before with other phones and other computers and don't remember ever having a … Continue reading USB tethering a OnePlus One phone to Windows XP
SyncThing for Android
I blogged about SyncThing before, when BitTorrentSync started to annoy the hell out of me. SyncThing is an open source tool for synchronizing directory trees between different devices without requiring a cloud service (it needs a discovery server though in order to actually find these devices). There is also an Android app for it as … Continue reading SyncThing for Android
Denkzettel a simple note taking program
Denkzettel is a simple Android app by Silvio Schurig for writing notes as text files and organizing them into categories (= subdirectories) on an Android smart phone. It can also use these files as check lists. In contrast to most other apps of this type it does not integrate into an online service. The data … Continue reading Denkzettel a simple note taking program
If your OnePlus One won’t turn on but only vibrates
Note to self: If your OnePlus One smartphone won't turn on but only vibrates for a short time when you press the power button, that probably means the battery is dead. If it has already been on the charger for some time, make sure that you didn't plug the charging cable upside down into the … Continue reading If your OnePlus One won’t turn on but only vibrates
SyncThing as an alternative to BitTorrentSync (btsync)
A while ago I blogged about using BitTorrentSync as a privacy conscious alternative to the more popular cloud services like Google Drive or DropBox. BitTorrent recently released btsync version 2 which, apart from trying to sell you a so called PRO version, changed the user interface yet again and also changed the way you set … Continue reading SyncThing as an alternative to BitTorrentSync (btsync)
Segmentation fault on startup in Delphi XE6 Firemonkey application for Android
After I attended the Delphi Power Workshop on mobile development with Delphi XE6 in Essen last week, the mobile development virus has taken hold of me. So I tried successfully to compile the demo apps for both, my Nexus 7 tablet and my Samsung Galaxy Note (GT-N7000) smartphone. That these worked out of the box … Continue reading Segmentation fault on startup in Delphi XE6 Firemonkey application for Android
“Insufficient Storage Available” and “Unfortunately android keyboard has stopped” on my Samsung Galaxy Note
Yesterday, all of a sudden my smartphone (a Samsung Galaxy Note N7000) started to misbehave. The first thing I noticed was that the battery was down to 1.3 gb go? This answer to a stackverflow question, which interestingly enough is also about a Galaxy Note, offered the solution. Apparently some stupid app writes log files … Continue reading “Insufficient Storage Available” and “Unfortunately android keyboard has stopped” on my Samsung Galaxy Note
More on BitTorrent Sync
Following up on my post on BitTorrent Sync here is some more information and use cases. There is at least one alternative to BitTorrent Sync that is open source: Seafile is a cloud service. I have only read about it on their website but it looks interesting. Now to the use case: If you are … Continue reading More on BitTorrent Sync